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Aotearoa singer-songwriter Marlon Williams brings his long-awaited fourth solo album to London for an intimate three-night residency

“Ko te reo Māori, he matapihi ki te ao Māori” goes the Māori whakatauki (proverb) that has guided Aotearoa singer-songwriter Marlon Williams’ (Kāi Tahu, Ngāi Tai) fourth solo album, Te Whare Tīwekaweka. 

Translated, it means “The Māori language is a window to the Māori world” and expresses Marlon’s motivation behind his first te reo Māori album. “Through the process of constructing these songs,” Marlon says, “I’ve found a means of expressing my joys, sorrows and humour in a way that feels both distinctly new yet also connects me to my tīpuna [ancestors] and my whenua [land, home].”

Connection lies at the heart of Te Whare Tīwekaweka, the album’s five-year process reconnecting Marlon to family, friends and his home town of Lyttelton after a globe-trotting decade establishing his career. That sense of home-coming is expressed on the cover art by Marlon’s mum, artist Jennifer Rendall, drawn when she was pregnant with the future singer and which eerily resembles an adult Marlon. The album also signifies another step in Marlon’s journey with his ancestral tongue, his ability in the language developing as the songs accumulated in the hours spent with close friend and co-writer, rapper KOMMI.

The language unlocked both a newfound lyrical honesty and a grand sonic vision. Supported by long-time touring band The Yarra Benders, co-producer Mark Perkins (Te Whānau-ā-Apanui), the He Waka Kōtuia singers and featuring a collaboration with pop star Lorde, the album traverses Marlon’s familiar folk-country-bluegrass territory, while continuing his exploration of poppier waters and the inherent rhythms of Māori music. The result is a collection at once contemporary and timeless.

The making of the album was captured in the documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua - Two Worlds directed by Ursula Grace. Marlon wanted to share his journey in the hope others might benefit. It’s the same impulse that drives his songwriting. “I hope that music may do the mahi (work) that conversation cannot, and that it may broaden and deepen our sense of interconnectedness,” he says. By expanding his output into Māori, Marlon has widened the portal through which that connection might happen. Te Whare Tīwekaweka, he says, has given him “a bigger playground”.

Setlists

    1. 1.E Mawehe Ana Au
    2. 2.Ko Tēnā Ua
    3. 3.Kei Te Mārama
    4. 4.Rongomai (Hirini Melbourne cover)
    5. 5.Rere Mai Ngā Rau
    6. 6.Ngā Ara Aroha
    7. 7.Kahore He Manu E
    8. 8.He Wawata ([traditional] cover)
    9. 9.Pānaki
    10. 10.Aua atu rā
    11. 11.Huri Te Whenua
    12. 12.Come to Me
    13. 13.Can I Sleep in Your Arms (Willie Nelson cover)
    14. 14.Arahura
    15. 15.Devil's Daughter
    16. 16.Beautiful Dress
    17. 17.Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore
    1. 1.E Mawehe Ana Au
    2. 2.Ko Tēnā Ua
    3. 3.Kei Te Mārama
    4. 4.Rongomai (Hirini Melbourne cover)
    5. 5.Rere Mai Ngā Rau
    6. 6.Ngā Ara Aroha
    7. 7.Kahore He Manu E
    8. 8.Come to Me
    9. 9.Pānaki
    10. 10.Aua atu rā
    11. 11.Huri Te Whenua
    12. 12.Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore

  2. Encore

    1. 13.He Wawata ([traditional] cover)
    2. 14.Hoiho (Request from the audience)
    3. 15.Thinking of Nina
    4. 16.Devil's Daughter
    1. 1.Devil's Daughter
    2. 2.Whakameatia Mai
    3. 3.My Boy
    4. 4.Easy Does It
    5. 5.Dark Child
    6. 6.What's Chasing You
    7. 7.Thinking of Nina
    8. 8.Aua atu rā
    9. 9.Sing in Māori- new song
    10. 10.Transformer Man (Neil Young cover)
    11. 11.River Rival
    12. 12.Party Boy
    13. 13.Don’t Go Back
    14. 14.Māori song
    15. 15.Traditional Māori song
    16. 16.Vampire Again
    17. 17.Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore
    18. 18.Make Way for Love
    19. 19.Promises

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.E Mawehe Ana Au
    2. 2.Beautiful Dress
    3. 3.Come to Me
    4. 4.Trips
    5. 5.Arahura
    6. 6.Dark Child
    7. 7.The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger cover)
    8. 8.Kahore He Manu E
    9. 9.Nga Ara Aroha
    10. 10.Rimurimu ([traditional] cover)

  2. Set 2:

    1. 11.My Boy
    2. 12.Thinking of Nina
    3. 13.Looking for a Sweetie (Lonnie Johnson cover)
    4. 14.I Wonder Why
    5. 15.Devil's Daughter
    6. 16.Ororuangi (Hirini Melbourne cover)
    7. 17.Lonely Side of Her
    8. 18.Panaki
    9. 19.Aua atu rā
    10. 20.Huri Te Whenua
    11. 21.Princes Walk
    12. 22.Hoiho
    13. 23.Love Is a Terrible Thing
    14. 24.Promises (Barry Gibb cover)

  3. Encore

    1. 25.When I Was a Young Girl ([traditional] cover)
    2. 26.Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore

  1. Set 1:

    1. 1.E Mawehe Ana Au
    2. 2.Come to Me
    3. 3.Trips
    4. 4.Arahura
    5. 5.Dark Child
    6. 6.The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face (Ewan MacColl & Peggy Seeger cover)
    7. 7.Māori Song
    8. 8.Māori song
    9. 9.Māori song

  2. Set 2:

    1. 10.My Boy
    2. 11.Thinking of Nina
    3. 12.Looking for a Sweetie (Lonnie Johnson cover)
    4. 13.I Wonder Why
    5. 14.Devil's Daughter
    6. 15.Lonely Side of Her
    7. 16.Māori song
    8. 17.After All (Not on printed setlist)
    9. 18.Ororuangi (Hirini Melbourne cover)
    10. 19.Aua atu rā
    11. 20.Māori song
    12. 21.Princes Walk
    13. 22.Hoiho
    14. 23.Love Is a Terrible Thing
    15. 24.Promises (Barry Gibb cover) (Marlon jumped onto the floor for this song)

  3. Encore

    1. 25.Don’t Go Back (Not on printed setlist)
    2. 26.When I Was a Young Girl ([traditional] cover)
    3. 27.Nobody Gets What They Want Anymore

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